In short: Definitely worth running, terrible organisation and access to park & ride/ buses (get there very early!), late starting, then changed start time, but otherwise excellent runDate of review: October 27, 2014

In short: Not as bad as people are sayingIn full: All races have issues, and this was no exception. Saying that, we had no issues with the parking or the buses (used to getting everywhere early) and the goody bag was no worse than others....you do have to wonder why bother with the Lea and Perrins though? After recently running the Great North Run and absolutely hating it....this wasn't too bad at all. Few improvements needed especially in number of toilets at the beginning and starting the race 20 minutes late on quite a chilly day after we had all assembled.Date of review: October 15, 2014

In short: Potentially great but marred by very poor organisationIn full: The organisers arranged a park and ride two miles away from the start and finish location. They did nothing else to help people get there - no extra public transport, no trains at all. Inevitably huge queues for the P&R created delays of up to 90 minutes and there were a lot of disgruntled runners, including myself. Date of review: October 15, 2014

In short: Flat and fast but not very scenic in partsIn full: Disappointed to be standing around at the start for an extra 20 mins due to problems with the park & ride, I later found out (could not hear announcements as speaker was too far away!). Overall a good race but route narrow in parts so difficult to get past runners. It's getting better so will probably come back next year.Date of review: October 14, 2014

In short: Enjoyable race that needs fine tuningIn full: Everything that needs to be said about the park and ride has been said. Personally, i think that the Kassam is a logistically a crap place to start and end a race from. For a city, such as Oxford that is well-served for public transport, it's a definite black-spot. I would urge the organisers to look at start/finish in the city and encouraging runners to use one of the excellent 5 existing P&R that have ample well signed parking.For me the marshalling was ok, definitely got better as the race went on - i remember thinking during the early stages that some of them seemed to not really care about what was going on. Loved the route along Iffley road,the meadows and the Thames Path (which was a tight squeeze at times) but added to the camaraderie. I'm not a fan of headphones during races, i think it's anti-social more than anything, and I think it should be actively discouraged (in bold caps, underlined).Lastly, I really hope that people can see past the issues at this last race, if runners and people of Oxford can get behind it as an event, it could be really great.Date of review: October 13, 2014

In short: New organisers have become greedy - couldn't cope with number of entrants.In full: Let me start by saying how great a job the volunteers did.

What let things down was the poor organisation of transport from the car park at the Mini plant to the Kassam Stadium. There were not enough buses to get everyone to the start in time and I also believe they ran out of space in the car park.

The course was slightly changed from previous years and was very narrow in (additional) places making over-taking difficult. There were also some hair-pin turns in it which weren't particularly safe.Date of review: October 12, 2014

In short: Let down by park & rideIn full: Like others here, the park & ride was a nightmare - arrived at 08:30 on foot and joined the snakey queue for the bus. Arrived at the stadium at 09:20 and we were told the start had been delayed which was obviously needed as when I looked out the bus window on leaving the P&R at the queue of cars trying to enter, it was clear a lot of people were going to be unhappy.

The parking should have been better organised - marshals were a bit lax; traffic lights stopping cars entering: basic stuff - so needs to be sorted for next time.

The first few miles of the course were a bit boring and the first mile marker at 6m 30sec left me thinking old Roger had a challenger, but alas, no. Not that I could judge mile 2 or 3... or 4 or 5 since the next one I saw was 6!

Good organisation around the course and some nice bits in the town although the long stretch along the river got a bit narrow in places.

I'd definitely do it again and try to start a bit forward to avoid the stretches where it was hard to pass. I'll also look at parking somewhere close to the stadium!

In short: Nice run but a bit chaoticIn full: Firstly, great to see Roger Bannister and also to run the Iffley Road track, that was a privilege. Route was pretty good but a bit dull in the first couple of miles, however.....

"Mile" markers that were not every mile! I'm not sure what criteria was used but a Garmin would have helped..... Plus, what was going on at the start? Waiting for ages in the cold with reports of varying start times (we eventually got off 20 mins late). Park and Ride worked for me but had to wait around for ages at the stadium when I arrived.

All in all, it was alright. The best organisation was at the end, medal, water, goody bag, out. Perfect. Needs a bit of work and with this, could be a great half as the support and bands were great.Date of review: October 12, 2014